Buncombe adopts interim budget

11:24 AM,
Jun. 28, 2013

Buncombe County Manager Wanda Greene

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The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners approved an interim county budget this morning, saying approval of a final 2013-14 budget will have to wait until action by the state General Assembly.

The 2013-14 fiscal year begins Monday and commissioners were originally scheduled to adopt a budget last Tuesday.

They delayed action because they are waiting for the legislature to approve a bill sponsored by Rep. Nathan Ramsey, R-Buncombe, that would allow the county to set up a Culture and Recreation Authority, or CRA, to operate county parks and libraries. ...